Melissa Tooshley and Anderson Joe Allowed their Dog’s Collar to become so Embedded he was almost Decapitated

The fact that these two people, Melissa Tooshley and Anderson Joe, saw Teddy day in and day out and saw his head so swollen with a collar that was most likely put on him when he was a puppy; and unlike most people with common sense these apath= infection that the smell from the open wound along with the odor of the feces piled on top of feces that they forced Teddy to live on.

Teddy was so neglected no one ever checked his collar

Two people have now been charged with animal cruelty after a dog was found in critical distress on their property.

BC SPCA officers have called it “one of the most profoundly shocking and disturbing cases of abuse we have ever witnessed.”

Special constables received a call about an emaciated and chained dog on Feb. 16. When they arrived at the home, what they found shocked them.

“We received a report of a dog in distress and when the constables arrived at the property they found a medium-sized brown dog on a tether that was only a few inches long, standing in a large pile of mud and feces,” says Marcie Moriarty, chief prevention and enforcement officer for the BC SPCA in a release.

“As they got closer there was an overpowering stench and they realized that, not only was the dog severely emaciated, but his collar was deeply embedded into his neck, causing massive infection.”

His head was so swollen, it was about three times its normal size.

Due to the collar was so tight not only had it almost decapitated Teddy his head was so swollen it was unbelievable he was still alive

“The constables used bolt cutters to free the dog and immediately rushed him to an emergency veterinary clinic,” says Moriarty. “The wound from the embedded collar exposed the dog’s trachea and jugular vein – it was horrific.”

Sadly, the dog did not make it despite extensive surgery and around-the-clock care. He died two days later.